Page 1 of A (Philips) DVD+RW disc cannot be played on certain DVD players (eg Minato)

If I record a TV program onto a DVD+RW in my new Philips DVDR880 (bought from Comet), it will not play in my Minato DVD-G1 (bought from Tesco), even if I follow the instructions for rewriting the disc ID bits on page 77 of the Philips handbook (open drawer, press 2 (or 3) until drawer closes, wait for disc to be remarked as DVD_ROM).

As the Minato is only about 18 months old, I am not intending to dispose of it, but I would like it to be made able to play recordings made on the Philips. Do you know of any other actions which can be taken on either the Philips or the Minato which will solve this dilemma? Alternatively, is there a firmware upgrade for the Minato which will enable it to read DVD+RW?

Regards, I. C. Purvis, Rugby, England.

I had trouble with this at first, but found that keeping the 2 button pressed longer, (till the disk menu is displayed) does the trick.

Hope that helps,

Inkfinger

the minato will not play dvd+rw it will play +r but not +rw

It`ll be a limitation of whatever DVD loader they used, rather than the firmware of the player.

Do you know whether Minato use standard IDE DVD-ROM drives ? If so, it may be possible to swap it over with, say a Liteon LTD163, which can read all formats.